Category: VMware

VCP65-DCV – Objective 6.2 – Configure and Administer vCenter Data Protection

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. vCenter Data Protection (PDF)
    • Read Chapter 1 -Understanding vSphere Data Protection
    • Chapter 2 – VDP Installation and Configuration
    • Chapter 3 – VDP Appliance Migration
    • Chapter 7 – Proxies
    • Chapter 6 – Configuring VDP
    • Chapter 8 – Storage Management
    • Chapter 12 – Managing Backups
    • Chapter 13 – Automatic Backup Verification
    • Chapter 14 – Managing Restores
    • Chapter 17 – VDP Application Support
    • Know the Appendix B – Minimum Required vCenter User Account Permissions
    • Know the Table 2.2 – Minimum system requirements for VDP
  2. Image-based backup and restore of a vCenter server environment
  3. VMware KB 2003638 – How to consolidate snapshots in vSphere 6.X/ 5.x
  4. Restore the failed vCenter server virtual machine with the Direct-to-Host

VCP65-DCV – Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer vCenter Appliance Backup/Restore

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. VMware VCSA 6.5 Backup and Restore How-To (vladan.fr)
  2. Know about the SEAT (Stats, Events and Tasks) in VAMI (get familiar with the interface)
  3. Know about the VAMI – use port 5480
  4. Know the difference destination for backup – FTP, FTPS, HTTP(s) and SCP

VCP65-DCV – Objective 5.2 – Configure vSphere DRS and Storage DRS Clusters

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. Using VM-Host Infinity Rules
  2. vSphere 6.5 DRS Performance
  3. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 1
  4. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 2 – Predictive DRS
  5. vSphere 6.5 DRS What’s new part 3 – Proactive HA
  6. Restore a Resource Pool Tree

VCP65-DCV – Objective 5.1 –Configure Multilevel Resource Pools

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. Expandable Reservation Examples
  2. Expandable Reservation for Resource Pools (VMware Blogs)
  3. Why Use Resources Pools?

VCP65-DCV – Objective 4.2 – Perform vCenter Server Upgrades (Windows)

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. GUI Migration of vCenter Server (Embedded PSC)
  2. GUI Migration of vCenter Server (External PSC)
  3. Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server and PSC on Windows
  4. Hardware Requirements for vCenter Server and PSC appliance
  5. Collect Database Upgrade Logs
  6. vCenter Server Log files (Windows)
  7. Distributed vCenter Server 5.5 for Windows Services Relocation

VCP65-DCV – Objective 4.1 – Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in covering the main information that is needed to know the topics in this objective:

  1. Overview of ESXi upgrade Process
  2. Configuring the Update Manager Download Source
  3. Install, setting up and using Update Manager Download services
  4. VMware KB 2008939 – esxcli software vib
  5. VMware KB 1010675 – VM hardware version
  6. VMware KB 2042141 – Host backup

VCP65-DCV – Objective 3.4 – Perform VMFS and NFS configurations and upgrades

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in cover the main information that is need to know the section:

  1. About RAW device mapping
  2. RAW device mapping characteristics
  3. NFS Protocol and ESXi
  4. Change the DCSI Bus Sharing Configuration
  5. Configure Microsoft Cluster for High Availability
  6. VMware KB 1034165 – multi-writer flag
  7. Place a Datastore in maintenance mode
  8. Working with Datastore

VCP65-DCV – Objective 3.3 – Configure vSphere Storage Multipathing and Failover

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in VMware

The following reference material from the vSphere 6.5 online documentation will assist you in cover the main information that is need to know the section:

  1. VMware PSP
  2. Pluggable storage architecture PSA deep dive parts 1 and 2 (cormachogan.com)
  3. esxcli (command)
  4. Multipathing considerations
  5. Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP)
  6. Path Selection Policy (PSP)
  7. Permanent Device Loss (PDL)
  8. All Path Down (APD)
  9. Identifying Device connectivity problems
  10. Customizing Round-Robin Setup (CLI)
  11. Configuration settings for value devices (blogs.vmware.com)
  12. Managing Claim Rules (CLI)
  13. Path Scanning and Claim
  14. Adding Multipathing Claim Rules
  15. Setting Up a Path Selection Policy
  16. Default Policies provided by Vmware